I have always been a writer. From my first poem written in the backseat of our Volkswagen Bug on our way to Assateague Island (I was seven years old), to my latest poems and straggling thoughts that I weave together; words have been my favored means of communication, of expressing the longings and hurts and joys of my heart, and sharing the great and glorious gospel of my savior, Jesus Christ.

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In my early years of depression and the struggle to survive the teens, all I knew was that writing eased my soul and gave me peace.  It purged the darkness from my mind and brought coherence and order where there had been a chaos of emotions. And the creative process built within my soul a deep joy and delight, and an absolute sense that this was what I was meant to do:  God had given me a purpose, and my purpose was to write.  And one of the few things that kept me from committing suicide in those horrible teen years, was the strong conviction that I could not kill myself because God had given me a gift, and it was my responsibility to use the gift He had given me.  It took a long time to learn to use my gift to uplift and encourage others.  It was not always so.

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But now--my greatest desire is to use the gift God has given me to "glorify God and enjoy Him forever," as the catechism says, and to share the awesome-possum, super-cool and BEST news in the world: that there is a God who created you, who loves you--who died for you--who can change you and give you new life.  He will make you into a NEW person!  Your life has meaning and purpose.  You are loved beyond measure, and you have gifts meant to be shared with the world.  There is no wrong too many, no sin too horrible, no despair too dark that He cannot mend and heal.  And THAT is the main reason I write!

 

The more I write the more I am gratified to be able to bless and encourage others, to cause them to smile, to change a day gone bad, and most of all, to glorify my Creator, my King, my God.  

 

So here I am. I’ve wanted to create a blog for a long time. I feared, however (silly of me!), that I would not have enough to say, or that I would not be faithful to write every day. But then I realized that this is my blog, and if I don’t feel like it, or am unable to write on a given day, the earth will not shatter and the moon fall into the sea. I may disappoint some people, but please know that I am only a rather weak human being who sometimes just cannot be supermom, writer, teacher, wife, and blogger all at the same time, and that I am usually struggling in one area or another, and succeeding only as my Lord grants me the strength and power to keep going! Set your expectations for me rather low, and perhaps you will be pleasantly surprised!

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Katrina

Solo Deo Gloria!